orator

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin orator.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/
  • (US) enPR: ôr'ə-tər

Noun

orator (plural orators)

  1. Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
  2. A skilled and eloquent public speaker.

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Derived terms

Translations

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Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From orare.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈraː.tor/, [oːˈraː.tɔr]

Noun

ōrātor m (genitive ōrātōris); third declension

  1. orator, speaker

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ōrātor ōrātōrēs
genitive ōrātōris ōrātōrum
dative ōrātōrī ōrātōribus
accusative ōrātōrem ōrātōrēs
ablative ōrātōre ōrātōribus
vocative ōrātor ōrātōrēs

Descendants

References

  • orator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • orator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • orator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
    • to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
    • to say only a few words: pauca dicere (pauca verba dicere only of the orator)
  • orator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • orator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

From French orateur, Latin ōrātor.

Noun

orator m (plural oratori, feminine equivalent oratoare)

  1. orator, speaker

Declension

  • urător

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒraːtor/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ra‧tor

Noun

òrātor m (Cyrillic spelling о̀ра̄тор)

  1. orator

Declension

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